Dismissal of winding up petition
SME AUTOCENTRE LIMITED
The winding‑up petition against SME Autocentre Limited was dismissed by the High Court.
Notice details
- Company
- SME AUTOCENTRE LIMITED
- Company number
- 08498773
- Registered office
- Phoenix House Railway Lane, Dimminsdale, Willenhall, WV13 2BE
- Petition presented date
- 08 June 2026
- Petitioner
- COMMISIONERS FOR HM REVENUE AND CUSTOMS
- Petitioner's Solicitor
- General Counsel and Solicitor to His Majesty's Revenue and Customs, HM Revenue and Customs, 14 Westfield Avenue, Stratford, London, E20 1HZ, telephone 03000 544231
- Court
- High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) Companies Court
- Case number
- CR-2026-004463 of 2026
- Hearing date
- 22 July 2026
- Publication date
- 31 July 2026
What this notice means
A winding-up petition asks the court to close a company and place it into compulsory liquidation, most often because a debt has gone unpaid. If the court makes a winding-up order, control passes to the Official Receiver or an appointed liquidator, the company's bank accounts are frozen and its assets are sold to repay creditors.
Read more: Facing a Winding-Up Petition?.
How does this notice affect you?
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A written-off invoice rarely stops at the company that failed. The supplier left short is often the next business in difficulty — and the earlier that's dealt with, the more options stay open. If SME AUTOCENTRE LIMITED owed you money, it's worth checking where that leaves you.
Unpaid wages, holiday pay and statutory redundancy are claimed from the government's Redundancy Payments Service, not from K2. The insolvency practitioner named in this notice should send you a case reference — you'll need it to claim.
K2 has backed and restructured UK businesses since 1990, including buying trade and assets out of distress. These situations move in days rather than months, so if you're looking at SME AUTOCENTRE LIMITED or something similar, start the conversation early.
If your business is under pressure — creditors circling, a petition threatened, or cash running out — acting early changes the outcome. K2 has helped UK directors turn things around since 1990. Talk to us in confidence.
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Frequently asked questions
Has SME AUTOCENTRE LIMITED gone into liquidation?
The London Gazette published a Dismissal of winding up petition for SME AUTOCENTRE LIMITED (company no. 08498773) on 31 July 2026. A winding-up petition asks the court to close a company and place it into compulsory liquidation, most often because a debt has gone unpaid. If the court makes a winding-up order, control passes to the Official Receiver or an appointed liquidator, the company's bank accounts are frozen and its assets are sold to repay creditors.
What does a Dismissal of winding up petition mean?
A winding-up petition asks the court to close a company and place it into compulsory liquidation, most often because a debt has gone unpaid. If the court makes a winding-up order, control passes to the Official Receiver or an appointed liquidator, the company's bank accounts are frozen and its assets are sold to repay creditors.
SME AUTOCENTRE LIMITED owes me money — what can I do?
If SME AUTOCENTRE LIMITED owes you money you are a creditor in the process. The insolvency practitioner named in the notice will write to known creditors and invite claims. Unsecured creditors rank after fixed-charge holders, the costs of the insolvency, preferential creditors and floating-charge holders, so recovery depends on what is left in the estate.
I worked for SME AUTOCENTRE LIMITED — how do I claim what I am owed?
Unpaid wages, holiday pay and statutory redundancy are claimed from the government's Redundancy Payments Service, not from the company or from K2. The insolvency practitioner named in this notice should give you a case reference to claim with.
Source: The London Gazette and Companies House. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright. This page is provided by K2 Partners for information only and is not legal or financial advice.